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Tyranny vs Abdication - What's the difference?

tyranny | abdication |

As nouns the difference between tyranny and abdication

is that tyranny is a government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power; this system of government while abdication is the act of disowning or disinheriting a child.

tyranny

English

(wikipedia tyranny)

Noun

(tyrannies)
  • A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power; this system of government.
  • The office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler.
  • Absolute power, or its use.
  • Extreme severity or rigour.

    • Synonyms

    * (government) autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, monarchy

    Derived terms

    * tyrannical * tyranny of the majority

    Related terms

    * tyrant

    See also

    * autocracy * monarchy

    External links

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    abdication

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
  • The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
  • The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.
  • (obsolete, legal) The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
  • (obsolete) The action of being deposed from the seat of power.

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